Where to Eat When Visiting NYC

[erinfinnegan]

I have this problem... I think it's part of New York City disease, where the longer you live here the more it warps your brain. When friends and family visit I become a horrible food Nazi. If you're only in the city for one weekend, you're realistically only going to get in a few good meals, but NYC has so many great places to eat! I mean, people

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[bigscary]

Are we going to fight about bagels and fried chicken, now?

[erinfinnegan]

I'm not a huge fried chicken fan, but we can fight about bagels! Bagel taste test challenge!!

[syringavulgaris]

Of course not corned beef at Katz's. Pastrami at Katz's.

I challenge your Lombardi assertion. It's decent pizza, but I am not floored by it. If one wants the classic brick oven pizza, one should fare uptown to Patsy's--the real one, not the half dozen scattered around Raysishly pretending--in East Harlem.

[oneangryrabbit]

See? Katz's for pastrami. Mile End does Montreal-style smoked meat, which isn't pastrami or corned beef. I have gone to the Montreal smoked meat temple Schwartz's, and it's tasty, but I don't feel the need to seek it out. Or 2nd Ave Deli also serves classic NY Jewish deli food, only actually kosher. Get brisket, tongue, corned beef, matzo ball soup or the chocolate babka there, and if the gribenes (basically chicken chicharrones) they drop on the table gross you out, call me immediately and I'll come take care of it for you.

Not to be dismissive of meat in Montreal, though, since I'd easily rank steaks I've had in Montreal and Corpus Christi above Peter Luger's.

I challenge putting forth any place that only serves whole pies for the NYC pizza experience. When I think NYC pizza, I think big ass slices, and not coal oven ones at that. Anyway, the folks over at Slice have a list that doesn't even include Lombardi's.

Speaking of overly fancy pants, Crif Dogs is great, but I'd say that deep fried hot dogs are a specialty preparation. Gray'

[khursten]

Totally love this list Erin! *w*) And while I only have a day in New York, I will do my best to eat my way through it!!